Audience Development -<br>Database of Designers

We are frequently asked about good designers based in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, so we thought we'd ask arts organisations and venues across the region which designers they would recommend. Below is a list that came from this consultancy.

Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of designers or design companies working in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.

Art Machine

Address: 44a King Harald Street, Lerwick, Shetland
Telephone: 01595 696646
Fax: 01595 692313
Email: admin@artmachine.org.uk
Website: http://www.artmachine.org.uk/

Services: Graphic design and print for brochures, CD sleeves, tour posters, gig passes, banners etc., signmakers.

Past arts commissions: CD Sleeves for Shoormal, Bongshang, Da Fustra, May & Mackie, Drop the Box, Shetland Youth Jazz, etc. (80% of Shetland CD's released have had sleeves designed by artmachine).

Blue Heron Creative Services

Address: 6A Aiginish, Point, Isle of Lewis HS2 0PB
Telephone: 01851 871010
Email: info@blueheroncreative.com
Website: http://www.blueheroncreative.com

Services: Design for print and web, corporate identities, marketing and promotional services.

Past arts commissions: Hebridean Celtic Festival: All promotional work between 1997-2000

Inside Information Design Ltd.

Address: The Old Mill Studio, Cannich, Inverness-shire IV4 7LT
Telephone: 01456 415484
Fax: 01456 415424
Email: tristram@ininfo.co.uk
Website: http://www.ininfo.co.uk

Services: Corporate & brand identity, brochure design, marketing literature, exhibition design, art direction of photography and illustration, wayfinding consultancy and sign design, book design.

Past arts commissions: Corporate identity and marketing literature for Eden Court, Screen Machine, Highland Festival & Kilmorack Gallery / Marketing literature for Grey Coast Theatre & Aviemore midsummer festival / Promotional photography for Helen Denerley (sculptor).

Dynam

Address: Wester Inshes Farmhouse, Inverness IV2 5BG
Telephone: 01463 233692
Fax: 01463 243827
Email: info@dynam.co.uk
Website: http://www.dynam.co.uk

Services: Design for print and web, branding.

Past arts commissions: HI~Arts & MIDAS logos

Edward Garden Graphic Design

Address: Dingwall
Telephone: 01349 864930
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fileanta

Address: Pabay, Achnachork, Portree, Isle of Skye IV51 9HT
Telephone: 01478 698234
Email: kevin@fileanta.com
Website: www.fileanta.com

Services: Web design and hosting.

2bcreative

Address: Forbes House, Great North Road, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire IV6 7TP
Telephone: 01463 870269
Email: info@2bcreative.co.uk
Website: http://www.2bcreative.co.uk / www.calcouk.com

Services: Design for print and web, project management, corporate identity, exhibition services, photography, illustration, etc.

Past arts commissions: Promotional material for exhibitions at Dundas Street Gallery, complete design project management for conferences Eden Court Theatre.

Michael Fraser Associates Ltd.

Address: Treeton House, Ardersier, Inverness-shire, IV2 7QU
Telephone: 01667 462111
Fax: 01667 462790
Email: admin@mfa-north.co.uk

Services: Design for print/web, corporate identity, digital media, advertising and exhibition display.

Pelican Design

Address: 1 Manse Lane, Portree, Isle of Skye IV51 9QR
Telephone: 01478 612558
Fax: 01478 612887
Email: info@pelican-design.com
Website: http://www.pelican-design.com/

Services: Design for print, web and digital media, corporate identity, branding.

Past arts commissions: An Tuireann Arts Centre website / Highlands & Islands Visual Arts Guide 1999 & 2001

Plexus Media

Address: 2 Bank Street, Cromarty, Ross-Shire IV11 8UY
Telephone: 01463 235315
Email: info@plexusmedia.co.uk
Website: www.plexusmedia.co.uk

Services: Web Design and Creation / Web Marketing and Reporting / CD-Rom & DVD Design and Production / Virtual Reality Imaging / 3D Visualizations & Flythroughs

Past arts commissions: Aigas - Promotional CD-Rom and Complimentary Web Site created for The Aigas Field Centre near Beauly, Inverness (http://www.aigas.co.uk/) / Dthchas - a highly detailed CD-Rom produced as an interactive final report for the Duthchas Project / Generations in Stone - A highly interactive CD-Rom that uses a unique navigation system handled through scrolling maps and hot-spotted areas of text and graphics / Northern Periphery Programme - A high profile site created for the European Union, Northern Periphery Programme (http://www.northernperiphery.net/).

Further examples of work can be found at www.plexusmedia.co.uk/portfolio.asp.

REDELK

Address: 86 Towerhill Avenue, Cradlehall, Inverness IV2 5FB
Telephone: 01463 224340
Email: info@redelk.co.uk
Website: www.redelk.co.uk

Reefnet

Address: 17 Francis Street, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis HS1 2NB
Telephone: 01851 700080
Email: info@reefnet.co.uk
Website: www.reefnet.co.uk

Services: Web site design and development, programming, e-commerce, databases, internet marketing, training and advice.

Past arts commissions: An Lanntair Education website / Hebridean Celtic Festival website / Taigh Dhonnchaidh Arts & Music Centre.

See www.reefnet.co.uk/gallery/ for many more examples of their work.